Aspiration Quotes

If you wanna climb a mountain, you obviously aim for the top, but you gotta enjoy the scenery too.

I was on a down escalator now. If I stood still I’d go all the way to the bottom, but if I started to run up maybe I could at least stay in the same place. The important thing was to keep moving upward no matter what happened.

Copy quote

Man fears death and yet, at the same time, man is drawn to death. Death is endlessly consumed by men in cities and in literature. It is a singular event in one's life that none may reverse. That is what I desire.

Like if you start something, you finish it — you don't stop until you get it right. If you don't get it right, you start over again... and you keep on going as long as you have to. That's the way it is, that's what you do. It's perfectly normal.

Copy quote

The Lovely Bones

Jack Salmon

Persistence, Tenacity

Purposefulness

Throughout my lifetime... I've left pieces of my heart here and there. And now there's almost not enough to stay alive. But I force a smile... knowing that my ambition far exceeded my talent.

He had hitched his wagon to a star and been landed in a pestiferous marsh.

Reach for the stars so if you fall you land on a cloud.

Against the grain should be a way of life
What's worth the prize is always worth the fight
Every second counts 'cause there's no second try
So live like you'll never live it twice
Don't take the free ride in your own life

Copy quote